{"id":58,"date":"2012-01-23T23:33:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T07:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starcraft.kevinleung.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2012-01-23T23:33:11","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T07:33:11","slug":"laddering-2v2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.spawningtool.com\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"Laddering 2v2"},"content":{"rendered":"

My vacation is over: I just played 5 ladder games. Admittedly, they were just 2v2s with Julie, but they, on the whole, went very well. We managed to go 4-1 in placement and are a platinum-level 2v2 team! Here’s the rundown and replays:<\/p>\n

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  1. (replay)<\/a> These guys were idiots. They both floated to the gold, and with just a few zerglings, they were out of the game.<\/li>\n
  2. (replay)<\/a> Sadly, the only game we lost. We had a pretty big advantage with a good engagement at the beginning, but a few mutas took out a bunch<\/li>\n
  3. (replay)<\/a> Also idiots. They were double zerg, so I went 10 pool to be safe, but then they went infestors and nydus. They had no chance.<\/li>\n
  4. (replay)<\/a> The best played game of the bunch. They (double terran) had an early contain on us, but we managed to break it. I tried to muta harass, but they had a ton of turrets everywhere. Fortunately, we managed to put together a really good composition of banelings and the protoss deathball, kept them on 2-3 bases, and eventually won.<\/li>\n
  5. (replay)<\/a> I’m not tremendously proud of this game, but we did a roach\/4 gate all-in, and it worked. Had I gone lings, we would’ve been in trouble, but fortunately, one guy was teching to templar, and the other had a bunch of hellions. Pretty simply done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Personally, my play wasn’t great. I wasn’t macroing well, missing creep spread, didn’t have my tech going, etc. I think there’s a lot to work on. One nice thing that did come out of it, though, is that I’ve realized I’m more comfortable with 1s now instead of multiplayer games. What I think that means is that I’ve finally developed enough of an understanding of strategy that I know how to react and how to play through a 1v1, instead of just mucking around in big games.<\/p>\n

    Regardless, I’m happy we got into platinum and very proud of how Julie played. I guess the vs. A.I. days are behind us now, as we ladder and keep progressing that way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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